Collecting Information with Care

Explore best practices for inclusive form design in this 48-minute conference talk from linux.conf.au 2020. Learn how to build forms that accommodate diverse user needs, including handling non-traditional names, gender identities, and email addresses. Discover techniques for asking the right questions, supporting a full range of answers, and protecting user privacy. Examine real-world scenarios covering application needs, data collection, storage, and display. Gain insights on creating forms that collect necessary information without excluding users, addressing issues like character limits, gender options, and data protection for vulnerable individuals.

Intro
About Me
Outline
Unicode
Databases
MySQL Character Encodings
Database Tweaks
Names - Recap
Names in depth
Guess the invalid email
Emails are hard
Transgender
Gender - Alternative
Community composition
Pronouns - Translations
Pronoun Island(pronoun.is)
Titles
Preferences
WGEA & Demographics
Gender - Passports
Gender - Summary
Changing Name Personal details
Changing usernames
Deleting data
Data retention
Things I didn't cover